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Part 35, page 179 DB Cooper-13122 Serials 164-2111 , SE 164-81 , SE 164-81-6385 , WF 164-169
Document date 6 December 1971 AI Dates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Open in FBI Vault (Part 35, page 179 of the PDF) Copy citation FBI 164-81, Vault Part 35 p. 179 (DB Cooper-13122), Teletype, dated 6 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-6385 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-35/pages/179
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/6/71
Transmit the following in ___PLAINTEXT___
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via __TELETYPE__ URGENT
(Priority)
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TO: DIRECTOR (164-2111) AND SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, WFO (164-169)
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO
SEATTLE.
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RE SUSPECT [REDACTED]
ON DECEMBER SIX, INSTANT, [REDACTED] (PROTECT IDEN-
TITY), WASHINGTON, D.C., ADVISED THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED] AT THAT TIME, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
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CWH:sjd
Approved: ___[signature]___
Special Agent in Charge
[Stamp area:]
164-81-6385
SEARCHED ___INDEXED___
SERIALIZED___FILED___
DEC 6 1974
DB Cooper-13122
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Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE with URGENT priority.
Routing block of FBI teletype from the Washington Field Office (WFO) SAC to the FBI Director and SAC Seattle. Subject is the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, regarding the hijacking of Northwestern Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971. Classified as CAA-Hijacking and Extortion, with Office of Origin Seattle.
Body of the teletype referencing a suspect (name redacted). On December 6, a confidential source in Washington, D.C. (identity protected under b7D exemption) advised the FBI about something related to the suspect. Multiple lines are heavily redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D FOIA exemptions. The phrase 'AT THAT TIME' is visible between redactions.
Drafter initials CWH:sjd with approval signature of Special Agent in Charge. FBI file processing stamps showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Serial number 164-81-6385. Bates stamp DB Cooper-13122.
Multiple heavy redaction bars obscure names and details b6, b7C, b7D FOIA exemption markings along right margin Stamps at bottom right are partially legible Scan order ← p. 178 p. 180 →